The Philadelphia Story: Directed by George Cukor. With Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey. After a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about
Katharine Hepburn was at a low point in her film career when she purchased screen rights to the theatrical source material for THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940), as the play had been written with her in mind and she had starred in the role on Broadway. Hepburn accurately wagered that the movie...
With this furiously witty comedy of manners, Katharine Hepburn revitalized her career and cemented her status as the era’s most iconic leading lady—thanks in great part to her own shrewd orchestrations. While starring in the Philip Barry stage playThe Philadelphia Story,Hepburn acquired the scree...
Great story, horrible execution. This movie was a great concept, but unfortunately, it ruins all suspension of disbelief due to the fact that the haircuts were not even close to the regulation of the time.Were regulation 1940's military haircuts so unacceptable at the time this movie was fi...
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1940 Not Rated Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) 1 h 52 m Summary When a rich woman's ex-husband (Cary Grant) and a tabloid-type reporter (James Stewart) turn up just before her planned remarriage, she (Katherine Hepburn) begins to learn the truth about herself. Comedy Romance Directed By: ...
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This immersive reimaginingof a classic film features the crew of a radio station performingIt’s A Wonderful Lifeon air in the 1940s. The heartwarming story comes to life through creative voice acting and live sound effects, in a show sprinkled with musical interludes and holiday cheer. Look...
Last fall, we told you about a grand exhibit marking the 25th anniversary of the Philadelphia Dumpster Divers, that predictably unpredictable band of found-object artists who have been re-purposing the city’s castoffs since 1992. This year, they’re back with an intriguing exhibit of all new...
He was cast in several English films acting as a romantic lead. Shaw was discovered by MGM and the studio moved him from England to California, where he was cast in a few 1940s films, according to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). His acting career never took off the way ...